Sunday, December 22, 2013

Happy holidays!

It's christmas time again. Wow - where the heck has the year gone?
I really wonder about the speed in which time has passed this year. Maybe it's because there was that much to do. Many things happened, some good, some bad - but now it's time to lay this year to rest and have some nice and stress-free days with family and friends.

Which will, of course, include some hours of painting. Hopefully. ;-D
I haven't taken a new photo yet, just because I don't have finished anything in the last weeks. I'm not very good in painting the same sort of soldiers in large numbers and so I have, again, the feeling that nothing will ever get finished. You know - one day you paint muskets and shako plates for hours, but that doesn't finish a single figure. The only thing to prevent frustration is to remind myself that one day, I'll finish 40 in a row.

That brings me to the question: was this a successful year in painting? Did I reach the goals I set up for myself back at the beginning of this year?

- all not yet painted Swiss
regiments (3 are left, of which I have one on 75%)- soldiers for
the regiments Isle de Ré and Walcheren (currently at 50%)-
Baden foot guards (one at 90%)- Wurzburg light infantry and
regimental artillery- 1st provisional Croatian infantry-
King Joseph Napleons' Spanish guard grenadiers- Italian light
infantry

Well okay – those were the plans that
I set up at the beginning of this year.

What of that has been completed?

Let's just see – due to my records,
the list above represents around 48 figures.

Plus two single figures for competition
reasons, the goal was 50 figures (net).

And here's what I've finished from that
list:

two Swiss regiments and one figure
from the remaining regiment (leaving four)

Isle de Ré and Walcheren soldiers

One Baden foot guard (leaving
three)

Wurzburg light infantry (leaving
one for the regimental artillery)

1st provisional
Croatian infantry

Both competition figures

With the Spanish and the Italians, I
haven't even started. Total in comparizon to goal: 25 of 50 (the
Italian light infantry represents (in full order) 14 figures alone,
on three bases).

As always, I got too distracted again.
It started in January, when I was distracted by painting something
for my visitors and went through the whole year when I painted this
and that and got finally involved in two new projects, after a long
election campaign which drew me away from painting for several weeks.
So – objectively – what did I manage two complete?

About Me

I've been born in 1974, I'm married for more than ten years with a hyper-creative woman and I'm the father of two wonderful boys.
Naturally, that doesn't leave much daytime for any hobby. Painting miniatures is my way of relaxation. My addiction, to be honest.
I'm in this hobby again for nearly two years now. It all started when my Dad bought a plastic kit of a Mitsubishi Zero when I was six years old. First, he build planes for me, later I did it on my own. My first ESCI box of British infantry came to me when I was around 14 years old. I must confess that I painted it lousily, but back then, I liked them very much.
Now, after all these years in which I preferred computer games, girls, parties and doing nonsense, I slowly started to settle down again - and back came the little plastic dudes.
I consider myself being an apprentice in these arts. There's so much more to learn! So I hope you enjoy this place and my works and maybe it's a way of exchanging inspiration. Please feel free to leave comments!